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UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

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Anonymous
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UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

Hello,

 

I bought a home back in 2019 for $305,000. (i refinance the $305k home in 2020 into an IRRRL).. which means I dont have to live in the property.

-My downpayment was $0

-The VA Loan Limit in New Jersey is: $822,375

-My COE is: Basic Entitle is $36,000. My COE also states: Additional entitlement is available for most loans in excess of $144,000. In such cases, the entitlement amount is 25% of the VA lon limit for the county where the property is located.

 

Im not too sure how much entitlement i used already. I want to buy a second home for $280k with my VA loan with a $0 downpayment.

 

Is this still doable? If not, how much can I afford to put on a home with $0 dowpayment, while keeping my first home that was refinanced into an IRRRL?


thank you! Smiley Happy

 

 

 

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NC_Mtg_Loaner
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Re: UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

THe IRRRL is an Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan and it's quite likely you've used the entire entitlement for this loan, however; you may still have some extra VA entitlement in order to purchase a new primary residence, but you are better off checking with your friendly local mortgage expert so he can check on that for you.

 

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Anonymous
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Re: UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

How much do you think i would have left, and will i be able to take out a $280k loan without a downpayment, while still keeping my current IRRRL $305k loan/residence?

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ShanetheMortgageMan
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Re: UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

Not always, but usually the amount entitlement a VA loan uses up is 25% of the original loan amount, so if the original loan was $305,000 then there is a good chance you've used up $76,250 in entitlement.  

 

Your current Certificate of Eligibility will say how much entitlement your existing VA loan is using up.  Have you obtained a new one?  For example it may look like the below:

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Assuming you have used up $76,250 in entitlement that means you'll need to deduct that from 25% of the county loan limit to determine your remaining entitlement.  If the county you are buying in has a county loan limit of $822,375 then 25% of that is $205,593 minus $76,250 of used entitlement = $129,343 in remaining entitlement.  Multiply that by 4 and that is the max sales price you'd be eligible for 100% financing on, which comes out to $517,372.

 

If you haven't used up any entitlement then VA doesn't have a limit on what you'd be eligible to finance without a down payment, it'd just come down to how much you could qualify for and if there is a lender out there that would do that high of a loan amount (most cap out at $1,500,000 to $3,000,000).

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Anonymous
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Re: UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

Thank you very much for the response. Does that mean that I am able to take out a second VA loan with my remaining entitlement if the $305k home I live in is under an IRRRL? Or would I have to sell my $305k home under the IRRRL and then be able to use the remaining of my entitlement? I was to own 2 homes (my current one and a second home for less than $280k)

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ShanetheMortgageMan
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Re: UNDERSTANDING MY VA COE !

You can only buy a primary residence with a VA mortgage.  VA mortgages cannot be used to buy 2nd homes/vacation properties or investment properties.

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